Coop Himmelb(l)au, Musée des Confluences, Lyon(
Book
)1
edition published
in
2016
in
French
and held by
50 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Since the end of the 20th century, an unprecedented number of remarkable museums have been built. None have had bigger worldwide
implications than Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. Until, that is, the new Musée des Confluences in Lyon was opened
to the public, in late 2014. It was created by Wolf D. Prix of the Coop Himmelb(l)au team, which was founded in the 1970s.
Many avantgarde groups from those wild years such as Archigram, Superstudio, Archizoom, Haus-Rucker- Co, and the Japanese
Metabolists are now consigned to the past, but the Coop Himmelb(l)au architecture firm, whose special aspiration was always
to bring into the world buildings that overcome the pull of the earth buildings to float on the horizon like clouds is more
in demand than ever. The finest demonstration of this endeavour to date can now be admired in Lyon. Functioning as a museum
of human history, this impressive concrete, metal and glass colossus truly does appear to float above the peninsula at the
confluence of the Rhône and the Saône. Like the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, this new building, so impossible to overlook,
is an inspiration for the revitalisation of disrupted urban areas and the valorisation of derelict industrial areas within
the city precincts, but also far beyond Lyon. This 'Opus' volume deals with the origins, construction, function and formal
appearance of the Musée des Confluences, and also offers a preliminary theoretically based evaluation of the architecture
of the building

Carlo Scarpa : Museo Canoviano, Possagno by Judith Carmel-Arthur(
Book
)2
editions published
between
2002
and
2014
in
English
and held by
47 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
A photographic study of the extension to the Museo Canoviana in Possagno, Italy, built by Venetian architect Carlo Scarpa
in 1957

Ferdinand Kramer/SSP SchürmannSpannel, Forschungszentrum BiK-F, Frankfurt am Main by Ferdinand Kramer(
Book
)1
edition published
in
2014
in
German
and held by
43 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"Provides a detailed description of the building, which dates from 1957 and which was completely reconditioned by the office
of Schürmann-Spannel in the years 2009-2013. The pictorial section contains plans of the original and present condition as
well as photographs especially made for this publication by Jörg Hempel. It is preceded by Fabian Wurm's essay, which not
only discusses the building in detail, but also addresses the pressing question of converting buildings from the time after
World War II"--Jacket